"tributes" in the noun sense
1. tribute, testimonial
something given or done as an expression of esteem
2. tribute
payment by one nation for protection by another
3. protection, tribute
payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
"every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
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